Food safety
From plastic kettles to pans: Simple swaps to cut microplastics from your kitchen
Chances are your kitchen is riddled with millions of microplastics. Scientists share the small things you can do now to help minimise harmful exposure in the future.
- Ardyn Bernoth
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Cake dust recalled across Australia as young boy returns home after coma
“We’re looking forward to sleeping in our own bed tonight and spending some much needed quality time as a family,” the boy’s mother said.
- William Davis
‘Someone just dobbed on a kid’: Lord mayor calls for common sense after complaint over cupcake stall
A resident complained to Queensland Health about the children’s roadside lemonade and cupcake stall in Stafford Heights.
- Marissa Calligeros
The ‘dangerous’ outlawed health item in organic store fridges
A dairy industry leader has slammed the inclusion of unpasteurised milk in an organic store chain’s regular dairy display as misleading and unsafe.
- Dominique Tassell
Queensland hydro project shuts down over maggot-infested meals
A food safety inspector has issued a show cause notice to the camp’s operator with a long list of demands.
- Dominique Tassell
Workers evacuated from Queensland hydro project over food safety concerns
Some 130 workers have been flown off the site after being served what union officials called “a smorgasbord of contamination”.
- Dominique Tassell
Qld hydro workers again allegedly served a ‘smorgasbord of contamination’
A day after photos of maggot-covered meals were shared, workers say the food safety crisis has worsened.
- Dominique Tassell
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A disgusting dish: Maggots on the menu at remote Queensland hydro project
One union leader said the hygiene and food safety standards are unacceptable, and he wouldn’t feed the food to his dog.
- Dominique Tassell
Dirty utensils, rat droppings: Sydney’s worst food safety breaches revealed
Burger restaurants, chicken shops and kebab outlets are among the latest businesses fined for violating food safety and hygiene standards in NSW.
- David Barwell
Sixth rat poisoning victim identified, police trying to sniff out details
The cluster of people connected to a rat poisoning incident continues to grow, but authorities say they are still investigating how the poison ended up in homemade food.
- Courtney Kruk